Students (Maintenance Grant) Jonathan Shaw To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his estimate is of the total annual cost is of the maintenance grant payable to poorer students. [109094] Margaret Hodge We estimate the steady state cost of the new Higher Education Grant to be almost £300 million. The grant will be targeted at those students from the households with the lowest income. We aim to provide the full £1,000 grant to approximately 30 per cent. of students.